Tag: Chaku-Uta-Full

Chaku-Uta-Full: 5 million mobile music downloads in Japan

KDDI pioneers full lengths mobile music song downloads via 3G

Chaku Uta Full achieves 5 million downloads by April 3, 2005

KDDI/AU announced that 5 Millions Chaku-Uta-Full songs have been downloaded until April 3, 2005.

KDDI/AU chaku-uta and chaku-uta-full music downloads vs iTunes global downloads

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Note added: on June 15, 2005, KDDI reported 10 million Chaku-Uta-Full downloads…

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April 11, 2005
Chaku-uta-full: 3 million mobile music downloads

Japan is the pioneer of mobile music

Ringing tones and mobile music are pioneered in Japan

Put until mid-2004, cumulatively KDDI (Japan’s No. 2 mobile operator) sold more “chaku-uta” mobile music song clips in Japan alone than Apple sold music via iTunes globally.

This fact shows both the power of mobile music, and also the size of Japan’s mobile markets in terms of cash sales.

KDDI/AU reports 3 million Chaku-uta-full (full song) downloads since it’s start on November 19, 2004:

KDDI sells approximately as many chaku-uta music clips as iTunes sells music globally demonstrating the enormous size of Japan’s mobile music market

More in our “Mobile Music Japan” report.

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March 6, 2005